programmer or serial killer?

[Richard A. Franklin]

Brian Kelsay wrote:

> Richard A. Franklin wrote:
>
>> This quiz is actually a better use of your time than trying to make 
>> Jim feel like a dumb adolescent for leaving his laptops in a car (I 
>> am sure he already feels like $&%@, knows "what went wrong", or is 
>> completely over it ... so go beat up on yourself if you have nothing 
>> better to do). BTW, I am surprised that Google only revealed 417 
>> results for "pedantic nitpicking". After all, pedantic nitpicking is 
>> what people do, and they either get over it or they don't.
>
>
>
> Sorry, not trying to make Jim feel bad, it just sounded that way.  It 
> was merely an environmental unfriendliness warning for other laptop 
> users and Jim if he gets his replacement.  One place I worked lost 8 
> laptops in the same pre-Christmas week.  6 from cars parked in front 
> of the bosses house while at his Christmas party.  Jim's a big boy and 
> I'm sure he'll deal with it okay.  It's the data loss that can really 
> hurt.
> And Richard, pedantic nitpicking is a sport we geeks form teams for. 
> I've heard that it is a long ways down the list of future sports to be 
> voted on by the IOC for Olympic status.  I can wait.


Yep, I did not begin to think you were trying to make Jim feel bad. And 
pedantic nitpicking can be fun among friends. I was just a bit surprised 
by the silly tonality of a previous post in response to Jim's 
misfortune, which most of us had the good taste and common sense to 
simply ignore ... but it was just such a tempting lead-in to the serial 
killer / programmer link

Too many grey days in a row bring out my shadow humor (if that is not 
too redundant).

And BTW, as a pilot of 18 wheels, I have to remember to not let my 
laptop sit for 48 hours in Minot, ND during the months of January and 
February ... and I don't, but it is a good reminder.

More to the point, how well did you score on the quiz?


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